IDENTIFICATIONPRODUCT NAME:  ACCU-TAB BLU
E CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE TABLETS
PRODUCT ID:  59410
SYNONYMS:  CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE TABLETS; CAL HYPO TABLETS; CA(OCL)2
ISSUE DATE:  06/15/2001
EDITION NO.:  004
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24-HOUR EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER:  1-304-843-1300
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PREPARER: PRODUCT SAFETY, CHEMICALS

MATERIAL/CAS NUMBER      PERCEN
T
MATERIAL/CAS NUMBER
PERCENT
IS THIS COMPONENT A HAZARD?  (0-10)
CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE
 7778-54-3
  >65

EMERGENCY OVERVIEW:
DANGER! STRONG OXIDIZING AGENT!  MIX ONLY WITH WATER.  CONTAMINATION MAY C
AUSE FIRE OR EXPLOSION.  DO NOT ADD THIS PRODUCT TO ANY DISPENSING DEVICE
CONTAINING REMNANTS OF ANY OTHER PRODUCT.
PRECAUTIONS:DO NOT SWALLOW.  SWALLOWING MAY CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH. DO NOT
GET IN EYES, ON SKIN, OR ON CLOTHING. MAY CAUSE BURNS. AVOID BREATHING DUS
T.  IRRITATING TO NOSE AND THROAT. WASH HANDS AFTER HANDLING. KEEP OUT OF
REACH OF CHILDREN.

INHALATION:MOVE PERSON TO FRESH AIR. IF NOT BREATHI
NG, GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION, PREFERABLY MOUTH-TO-MOUTH. IF BREATHING I
S DIFFICULT, GIVE OXYGEN. CALL A PHYSICIAN.
EYE/SKIN CONTACT:IN CASE OF CONTACT, IMMEDIATELY FLUSH EYES AND SKIN WITH
PLENTY OF WATER (SOAP AND WATER FOR SKIN) FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES, WHILE R
EMOVING CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND SHOES. FOR EYE CONTACT, GET IMMEDIATE ME
DICAL ATTENTION. IF SKIN IRRITATION OCCURS, GET MEDICAL ATTENTION.
INGESTION:IF SWALLOWED, GIVE AT LEAST 3-4 GLASSES OF WATER, BUT DO NOT IND
UCE VOMITING.  DO NOT GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH TO AN UNCONSCIOUS OR CONVULSI
NG PERSON.  GET MEDICAL ATTENTION.
NOTES TO PHYSICIAN:TREAT SYMPTOMATICALLY.

FLASH POINT: NONE
EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: WATER ONLY. SMOTHERING INEFFECTIVE - PRODUCT SUPPLIES
 OWN OXYGEN.
SPECIAL FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES: PRODUCT DECOMPOSES AT 1800C RELEASING OXY
GEN GAS. CONTAINER MAY RUPTURE. FIRE-FIGHTERS MUST WEAR NIOSH APPROVED, PR
ESSURE DEMAND, SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS WITH FULL FACE PIECE FOR
 POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO HAZARDOUS GASES.

ACTION TO BE TAKEN IF MATERIAL IS RELEASED
 OR SPILLED:
CAL HYPO USE EXTREME CAUTION IN HANDLING SPILLED MATERIAL.  CONTAMINATION
WITH ORGANIC OR COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL MAY CAUSE FIRE OR VIOLENT DECOMPOSITI
ON.  IF FIRE OR DECOMPOSITION OCCURS IN AREA OF SPILL, IMMEDIATELY DOUSE W
ITH PLENTY OF WATER.  OTHERWISE, SWEEP UP ALL VISIBLE MATERIAL USING A CLE
AN, DRY SHOVEL AND BROOM AND DISSOLVE MATERIAL IN WATER.  SPILLED MATERIAL
 THAT HAS BEEN SWEPT UP AND DISSOLVED IN WATER SHOULD BE USED IMMEDIATELY
IN THE NORMAL APPLICATION FOR WHICH THIS PRODUCT IS BEING CONSUMED.

PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN DURING HANDLING AND STORA
GE:
STORE IN A COOL, DRY, WELL-VENTILATED PLACE. KEEP IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER. K
EEP CONTAINER CLOSED WHEN NOT IN USE. KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT, SPARKS, FLAMES,
 DIRECT SUNLIGHT, AND OTHER SOURCES OF HEAT, INCLUDING LIGHTED TOBACCO PRO
DUCTS. USE ONLY A CLEAN, DRY SCOOP MADE OF METAL OR PLASTIC EACH TIME PROD
UCT IS TAKEN FROM THE CONTAINER. DO NOT ADD THIS PRODUCT TO ANY DISPENSING
 DEVICE CONTAINING REMNANTS OF ANY OTHER PRODUCT.  SUCH USE MAY CAUSE VIOL
ENT REACTION LEADING TO FIRE OR EXPLOSION. ADD THIS PRODUCT ONLY TO WATER.
 MAY CAUSE FIRE OR EXPLOSION IF MIXED WITH OTHER CHEMICALS.  FIRE MAY RESU
LT IF CONTAMINATED WITH ACIDS OR EASILY COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS SUCH AS OIL,
 KEROSENE, GASOLINE, PAINT PRODUCTS AND MOST OTHER ORGANIC MATERIALS. DO N
OT REUSE CONTAINER.  RESIDUAL MATERIAL REMAINING IN EMPTY DRUM CAN REACT T
O CAUSE FIRE.  THOROUGHLY FLUSH EMPTY CONTAINER WITH WATER THEN DESTROY BY
 PLACING IN TRASH COLLECTION.  DO NOT CONTAMINATE WATER, FOOD, OR FEED BY
STORAGE OR DISPOSAL.

EXPOSURE LIMITS:
  8-HOUR TIME WEIGHTED AVERAGE (TWA); 15-MINUTE SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE LIMIT
(STEL)
OSHA:NO OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY OSHA FOR THI
S PRODUCT.
ACGIH:NO OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY ACGIH FOR T
HIS PRODUCT.
PPG (IPEL):1 MG/CU.M. TWA. 2 MG/CU.M. STEL.
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION:IF DUSTY CONDITIONS ARE ENCOUNTERED, USE NIOSH APPR
OVED RESPIRATOR WITH ACID GAS CARTRIDGE AND DUST PREFILTER. THE RESPIRATOR
Y USE LIMITATIONS MADE BY NIOSH OR THE MANUFACTURER MUST BE OBSERVED. RESP
IRATORY PROTECTION PROGRAMS MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1910.134.
VENTILATION:NONE REQUIRED UNLESS DUSTY CONDITIONS ARE ENCOUNTERED.
EYE AND FACE PROTECTION:CHEMICAL SAFETY GOGGLES.
PROTECTIVE GLOVES:NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC RUBBER.
OTHER PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:BOOTS, APRONS, OR CHEMICAL SUITS SHOULD BE USED
 WHEN NECESSARY TO PREVENT SKIN CONTACT. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND
USE OF EQUIPMENT MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1910.132 (GENERAL REQUI
REMENTS), .133 (EYE AND FACE PROTECTION), AND .138 (HAND PROTECTION).

BOILING POINT:  DECOMPOSES AT 1800 C
VAPOR DENSITY (AIR=1):  NA
SPECIFIC GRAVITY (WATER=1):  NA
PH:  ALKALINE
FREEZING/MELTING POINT:  NA
SOLUBILITY (WT.% IN WATER):  217 G/L @ 270 C
BULK DENSITY:  NA
VOLUME % VOLATILE:  NA
VAPOR PRESSURE:  NA
EVAPORATION RATE:  NA
HEAT OF SOLUTION:  SLIGHTLY EXOTHERMIC
PHYSICAL STATE:  TABLETS
ODOR:  SLIGHT CHLORINE
COLOR:  WHITE TABLETS WITH BLUE COLORANT

STABILITY:UNSTABLE ABOVE 1770 C.
HAZARDOUS POLYMERIZATION:WILL NOT OCCUR.
INCOMPATIBILITY (CONDITIONS/MATERIALS TO AVOID):
CONTAMINATION. EXCESSIVE HEAT ABOVE 1770C. ACIDS. COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS. O
RGANICS. REDUCING AGENTS.
HAZARDOUS THERMAL DECOMPOSITION/COMBUSTION PRODUCTS:
ACID OR AMMONIA CONTAMINATION WILL RELEASE TOXIC GASES. EXCESSIVE HEAT WIL
L CAUSE DECOMPOSITION RESULTING IN THE RELEASE OF OXYGEN AND CHLORINE GAS.

ACUTE INHALATION LC50:  (RAT) NO MORTALITY
AT 3.5 MG/L (1 HOUR). IRRITATING.
ACUTE DERMAL LD50:  (RABBIT) >1000 MG/KG. SLIGHT TO VERY LOW TOXICITY.
SKIN IRRITATION:  CAUSES BURNS.
EYE IRRITATION:  CAUSES BURNS.
ACUTE ORAL LD50:  (RAT) 850 MG/KG. SLIGHT TO VERY LOW TOXICITY.
CHRONIC EFFECTS/CARCINOGENICITY:THIS PRODUCT IS NOT LISTED AS A CARCINOGEN
 OR SUSPECTED CARCINOGEN BY NTP, IARC, OR OSHA.
MEDICAL CONDITIONS AGGRAVATED:NONE KNOWN.
EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE:
CAL HYPO ACUTE:
 INHALATION:  INHALATION OF CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE DUST AND DEPOSITION OF PA
RTICLES IN THE RESPIRATORY TRACT CAN LEAD TO IRRITATION OF THE TISSUE AND
CAUSE A VARIETY OF EFFECTS.  THESE EFFECTS ARE DEPENDENT ON CONCENTRATION
AND INCLUDE:  UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT IRRITATION, NASAL CONGESTION, COUGHI
NG, SORE THROAT, LARYNGITIS AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH.  IN OPERATIONS WHERE
THERE ARE HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF RESPIRABLE PARTICULATES, PULMONARY EDEMA
(FLUID IN THE LUNG) MAY BE PRODUCED.  IF NOT TREATED IMMEDIATELY, PULMONAR
Y EDEMA CAN BE LIFE THREATENING.  SINCE THIS PRODUCT IS IN GRANULAR OR TAB
LET FORM, PARTICLES OF RESPIRABLE SIZE ARE NOT GENERALLY ENCOUNTERED.
 EYE/SKIN:  CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE IS CORROSIVE TO THE EYES.  CONTACT OF CAL
CIUM HYPOCHLORITE DUST WITH THE EYES, EVEN A MINUTE AMOUNT FOR A SHORT DUR
ATION, CAN CAUSE SEVERE IRRITATION AND EVEN BLINDNESS.  CONTACT WITH THE S
KIN MAY CAUSE SEVERE IRRITATION, BURNS, OR TISSUE DESTRUCTION.   IN STUDIE
S UTILIZING RABBITS, THE SKIN IRRITATION SCORE WAS 8/8 AND THE EYE IRRITAT
ION SCORE WAS 98.5/110.
 INGESTION:  CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE, IF SWALLOWED, CAUSES SEVERE BURNS TO TH
E DIGESTIVE TRACT AND CAN BE FATAL.
 CHRONIC:
GENOTOXICITY:  CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE PRODUCED POSITIVE RESPONSES IN IN-VITR
O ASSAYS USING BACTERIAL SYSTEMS (THE AMES TEST) AND CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIO
NS IN CHINESE HAMSTER FIBROBLASTS.  IN A WHOLE ANIMAL EXPERIMENT (MOUSE MI
CRONUCLEUS TEST), EXPOSURES RANGING FROM 20 TO 160 MG/KG PRODUCED NO COMPO
UND RELATED CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES.
 CARCINOGENISIS:  ALTHOUGH NO STUDY HAS BEEN CONDUCTED WITH CALCIUM HYPOCH
LORITE, THE CARCINOGENIC POTENTIAL OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE WAS STUDIED IN F
344 RATS.  AFTER 104 WEEKS OF DRINKING WATER CONTAINING UP TO 2000 PPM SOD
IUM HYPOCHLORITE, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS CHEMICAL PRODUCED ANY CA
RCINOGENIC RESPONSE.  IN ADDITION, THIS EXPOSURE DID NOT RESULT IN ANY ADV
ERSE EFFECTS IN BLOOD, CLINICAL CHEMISTRY, OR OTHER TARGET ORGANS.
 ONE OF THE MAJOR USES OF CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE IS AS A SOURCE OF CHLORINE
FOR WATER SANITIZATION IN DRINKING AND RECREATIONAL WATER.  STUDIES HAVE B
EEN CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF CHLORINATED DRINKING W
ATER.  SEVEN GENERATIONS OF RATS WERE GIVEN 100 PPM CHLORINE IN THEIR DRIN
KING WATER.  NO DIFFERENCE IN FERTILITY, GROWTH, BLOOD PARAMETERS, OR SPEC
IFIC ORGAN TOXICITY WAS OBSERVED BETWEEN CONTROL AND EXPOSED ANIMALS.  TWO
 SEPARATE ANIMAL STUDIES CONDUCTED BY DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES DETERM
INED THAT THE CHLORINATION OF MUNICIPAL DRINKING WATER DID NOT RESULT IN T
OXICITY TO THE DEVELOPING MOUSE FETUS.
 SAFE HANDLING OF THIS MATERIAL ON A LONG-TERM BASIS SHOULD EMPHASIZE MINI
MIZING REPEATED ACUTE EXPOSURES.

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION:
HIGHLY TOXIC TO AQUATIC LIFE. 0.088 MG/L (BLUEGILL) 96-HOUR LC50

DISPOSAL METHOD:
CAL HYPO SPILLED MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN SWEPT UP AND DISSOLVED IN WATER SH
OULD BE USED IMMEDIATELY IN THE NORMAL APPLICATION FOR WHICH THIS PRODUCT
IS BEING USED.  IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE, CAREFULLY NEUTRALIZE DISSOLVED MA
TERIAL BY ADDING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (ONE PINT OF 35% HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SOLU
TION PER POUND OF CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE TO BE NEUTRALIZED) THEN DILUTE THE
NEUTRALIZED MATERIAL WITH PLENTY OF WATER AND FLUSH TO SEWER.  NOTE:  ONLY
 PROPERLY NEUTRALIZED MATERIAL SHOULD BE FLUSHED TO SEWER.  UNNEUTRALIZED
MATERIAL CAN CAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE TO RECEIVING WATER OR CAN INTERFER
E WITH TREATMENT PLANT OPERATION.  FOR ON-SITE NEUTRALIZATION, CAREFULLY A
ND SLOWLY POUR THE APPROPRIATE QUANTITY OF 35% HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SOLUTION
OVER ALL SPILLED MATERIAL THEN FLUSH AREA WITH PLENTY OF WATER. CARE MUST
BE TAKEN WHEN USING OR DISPOSING OF CHEMICAL MATERIALS AND/OR THEIR CONTAI
NERS TO PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION.  IT IS YOUR DUTY TO DISPOSE O
F THE CHEMICAL MATERIALS AND/OR THEIR CONTAINERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CL
EAN AIR ACT, THE CLEAN WATER ACT, THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY A
CT, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER RELEVANT FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS/REGULATION
S REGARDING DISPOSAL.
RCRA:
WASTE CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE AND CONTAMINATED SOILS/MATERIALS FROM SPILL CLE
ANUP ARE D001 HAZARDOUS WASTE AS PER 40 CFR 261.21(A)(4) AND MUST BE DISPO
SED OF ACCORDINGLY UNDER RCRA.

USA DOT DESCRIPTION:
PROPER SHIPPING NAME:   CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE, HYDRATED
HAZARD CLASS:  5.1 (OXIDIZER)
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:  UN2880
PACKING GROUP:  II
REPORTABLE QUANTITY:  10 LBS./4.5 KG.

USA TSCA:THIS PRODUCT IS LISTED ON THE TSCA IN
VENTORY.
EUROPE EINECS:THIS PRODUCT IS LISTED ON EINECS.
CANADA DSL:THIS PRODUCT IS LISTED ON THE CANADIAN DSL.
AUSTRALIA AICS:THIS PRODUCT IS LISTED ON AICS.
KOREA ECL:THIS PRODUCT IS LISTED ON ECL.
JAPAN MITI (ENCS):THIS PRODUCT IS LISTED ON MITI.
SARA TITLE III:
SARA (311, 312) HAZARD CLASS:ACUTE HEALTH HAZARD. REACTIVE HAZARD. FIRE HA
ZARD.
SARA (313) CHEMICALS:NOT LISTED.
SARA SECTION 302:NOT LISTED AS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE.
CERCLA HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE:10# LISTED IN TABLE 302.4 OF 40 CFR PART 302 AS
 A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE WITH A REPORTABLE QUANTITY OF 10 POUNDS. RELEASES T
O AIR, LAND OR WATER WHICH EXCEED THE RQ MUST BE REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL
RESPONSE CENTER, 800-424-8802.
HAZARD RATING SYSTEM (HMIS/NFPA):
HEALTH 3, FLAMMABILITY 0, REACTIVITY 1 (OXIDIZER)
FIFRA:
THIS PRODUCT IS REGISTERED WITH EPA AS A PESTICIDE.